First mission to ‘touch’ the sun catches the solar wind | CNN
WEBJun 7, 2023 · Data from the Parker Solar Probe has uncovered the source of solar wind, a stream of energized particles that flow from the corona, or the sun’s hot outer atmosphere, toward Earth.
Lucky alignment of 2 spacecraft reveals how solar wind gets a …
WEBSep 5, 2024 · Energy-packed plasma waves pump enough energy into streams of solar wind to propel them to their unexpectedly high speeds, observations by two sun-studying spacecraft suggest.
NASA's sun-kissing Parker Solar Probe finds source of 'fast' solar wind
WEBJun 7, 2023 · The Parker Solar Probe tracked the solar wind — a stream of charged particles flowing continuously from the sun — back to where it is generated, a new study reports.
Mystery of 'slow' solar wind unveiled by Solar Orbiter mission - Phys.org
WEBMay 28, 2024 · Scientists have come a step closer to identifying the mysterious origins of the "slow" solar wind, using data collected during the Solar Orbiter spacecraft's first close journey to the sun.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Finds Solar Wind Clues - The New York Times
WEBJun 7, 2023 · The Parker Solar Probe is providing NASA researchers with insights into how the sun accelerates particles to a million miles per hour. Data from the WISPR instrument on the Parker Solar Probe...
Solar Orbiter traces solar wind back to its mysterious source for …
WEBMay 30, 2024 · The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has, for the first time, traced the solar wind in space to a specific location on our sun's surface, opening a new way to study the origins of solar...
NASA, ESA Missions Help Scientists Uncover How Solar Wind …
WEBAug 30, 2024 · Since the 1960s, astronomers have wondered how the Sun’s supersonic “solar wind,” a stream of energetic particles that flows out into the solar system, continues to receive energy once it leaves the Sun.
Exploring the Solar Wind With A New View of Small Sun Structures
WEBJan 19, 2021 · Scientists have combined NASA data and cutting-edge image processing to gain new insight into the solar structures that create the Sun’s flow of high-speed solar wind, detailed in new research published today in The Astrophysical Journal.
What powers the Sun’s mysterious wind? A daring spacecraft
WEBAug 24, 2023 · Nature - Analysis shows that mini jets of gas help to generate the solar wind, a discovery that also illuminates how our star's activity damages satellites.
NASA’s MAVEN Observes the Disappearing Solar Wind
WEBDec 11, 2023 · In December 2022, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission observed the dramatic and unexpected “disappearance” of a stream of charged particles constantly emanating off the Sun, known as the solar wind.